Tales from the Complicated Complex - Fixing a lift phone Tech Support

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Tales from the Complicated Complex - Fixing a lift phone Posted: 03 Jun 2022 05:44 AM PDT You know those emergency phones they put in elevators and lifts? Well, that reminds me of a story... Cast & crew: $Me - Expert network tech, phones run on magic $Pete - Phone guy, can manage the mischief by said magic $Security - Has a big keyring, impressed by magic $Lift - ADA-compliant chairlift to aid in wheeled guests being able to enjoy an upper-deck view at the sportsball arena, magic abilities unknown We'll start with Pete (for that is not his name) is a phone-wizard as digital lines were his realm and the analog PBX'en before. He had to replace the rescue/emergency phone as it had gotten just a wee bit waterlogged after the monsoon in the area and I was voluntold to tag along as I was the least-qualified to assist in the matter. Pete did all the programming and demonstrated how it could be set it to dial the various security and new emergency numbers 0118 999 881 999 119 725..3 while also not taking inbound calls, etc. After lots of beeps and boops and a successful test without raising a 4-alarm fire, we found it would do the needful whenever the important button was pressed and should be able to even when there's water pouring all over it. I think he needed a screwdriver or something, so I pop into the lift hand it off and the door goes *slam* We button up and then try to exit stage left, but the door politely said - you shall not pass! Imagine learning the hard way that the door is auto-latching and has no internal release. I look up - nothing to climb out from and we consider riding up, but the problem is the same, high-walled doors, no exit latch/button/keyhole/etc. Thankfully, this was the era of the modern cellphone, so we called $security to assist in a certain key-turning process and a short *jingle jangle* later, the lift key is now on the proper side of the door, we were set free! We know $security was laughing at us both before/after the rescue and the guy was working hard to hold back the smirks. I learned that some kind of object like the toolbox always goes between you and a door when working in maintenance and/or to outsource that problem to the actual experts outstanding in their fields. submitted by /u/techtornado [link] [comments]

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